The Effects of Incenses’ Smoke on Different Types of Varnishes

Abstract:

different types of incenses are burnt during religious ceremonies in churches: frankincense, myrrh or rosin based incense. The icons from iconostasis usually are not protected by glass and they are exposed to the burning products of incense. To study the influence of burnt frankincense, myrrh and rosin based incense artificial on different types of dammar varnishes, samples of balsa wood covered with gesso, titanium white and dammar varnish were exposed to incense and were artificial aged under UV-A light for 60 hours. This paper presents the colour changes suffered by the varnishes.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 660)
• Pages: 377-382
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.660.377
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Ana Maria Budu, Ion Sandu, Kamel Earar
• Keywords: Frankincense, Microscopy, Myrrh, Varnish

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